Grafeel 300mcg
Description
Grafeel 300 mcg Injection is a human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) analog. It stimulates the growth of white blood cells and helps in decreasing the chances of infection in patients who are undergoing chemotherapy procedures for cancer. Patients with blood disorders are advised not to use this medicine.
Uses
- Neutropenia caused by chemotherapy
Grafeel 300 mcg Injection is used to reduce the incidence of infection in patients receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs.
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
This medicine is used to treat febrile neutropenia, the fever caused due to decreased neutrophil count in patients receiving chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplantation.
- Peripheral Progenitor Cell Transplantation
This medicine is used before the procedure of leukapheresis to mobilize the autologus hematopoietic progenitor cells into the peripheral blood for collection.
- Chronic Neutropenia
Grafeel 300 mcg Injection is used to reduce the incidence of infection, fever, and oropharyngeal ulcers in patients with chronic neutropenia.
- Neutropenia caused by radiation
Grafeel 300 mcg Injection is used to increase the survival rate in patients who have received high doses of myelosuppressive radiation
Side effects
- Stomach pain
- Hair loss
- Constipation
- Nausea or Vomiting
- Fever and chills
- Bone pain
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- Swelling or inflammation of mouth
